Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Minister of Labour & Employment Inaugurates State-of-the-Art ESIC Hospital for Workers at Manesar (Gurgaon)

   Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Union Minister of Labour & Employment, inaugurated the 100 bedded state-of-the-art ESIC Hospital at Manesar, near Gurgaon in Haryana today. The establishment of state-of-the-art hospital at Manesar will immensely help the workers employed in the industrial belt of IMT Manesar, Dharuhera and Gurgaon. There are around 6000 employers and above four lakh Insured Persons and about 16 lakh beneficiaries in Gurgaon and Manesar Area. The hospital has been built up in 3 acres of land with an estimated cost of about Rs. 100.00 Crores. The ESI Hospital Manesar, is unique in its feature which is centrally air conditioned, with multispeciality facilities. The hospital has all the facilities comparable to any corporate hospital in the country. It will provide indoor, outdoor, emergency and diagnostic services to the Insured workers of Manesar in particular and of the Gurgaon in general.

   The Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge said in his inaugural speech that the ESI Corporation is committed to work for the welfare of workers and improvement in their quality of life and for providing all possible social security to them. For providing the best Medical services to the Insured Persons and their families of Manesar area, the ESI Corporation built this 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Manesar. This hospital now caters to the need of 55000 industrial workers of IMT area and 30000 industrial workers of Dharuhera. This Hospital is a long cherished dream of workers of Manesar area, which has come into reality now. While inaugurating the Hospital, Shri Kharge also told that this ESIC Hospital has all the modern medical facilities comparable to any corporate sector Hospital.

   Shri Shiv Charan Lal Sharma, Minister of Labour & Employment Govt. of Haryana also applauded the ESIC for starting series of modern Hospitals in Haryana State. Shri Prabhat C. Chaturvedi, Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of India and Dr. C.S. Kedar, Director General, ESIC addressed the gathering on the occasion.

   ESI Corporation has started providing services to the insured persons through its upgraded and modified hospitals and is also adopting policy for providing medical benefits as per the need and choice of insured persons anywhere in India. The Corporation is also entering into tie-up arrangements with other hospitals on cashless basis. With the passage of time, Corporation has added huge infrastructure and provides benefit through 147 Hospitals, 42 Hospitals Annexes, 1402 ESI Dispensaries, 1540 Panel Clinics, 797 Branch/Pay Offices and 52 Regional/Sub-Regional/Divisional Offices.

   The inaugural ceremony had the august presence of Shri Chandrakant Khaire, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) & Member ESIC, Shri Babulal Todi, Shri Ramakant Bhardwaj, Shri C. P. Singh and Shri Sarkar all Members of ESI Corporation.

Source;PIB